Punjab Swimming Championship: Mohali girl sets new meet record in 100m butterfly stroke event

Our Sports Correspondent

LUDHIANA, JULY 20

Apurva Sharma of Mohali established new meet record in the girls Group II in 100m butterfly stroke event at the 35th Sub-Junior and 47th Junior Punjab Swimming Championship being organised by the District Swimming Association, Ludhiana (DSAL) and Vardhman Textiles jointly under the patronage of Punjab Swimming Association here at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on Saturday.

Apurva clocked 01.14:12 minutes to set a new record and put to shade her own previous record of 01.14:81 minutes, created last year. Ramanjot Kaur of Amritsar and Sidhi Joshi from Pathankot secured second and third position, respectively.

A record number of 339 participants (204 boys and 135 girls) from thirteen districts are vying for top honours in the two-day championship during which the Punjab teams for the 40th Sub-Junior and 50th Junior National Aquatic Championship to be held at Bhubneshwar in Odisha from August 7 to 10 will be selected.

Former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu declared the championship open. He released colorful balloons to mark the opening of the event. He was welcomed by the office-bearers of DSAL and Punjab Swimming Association.

Saturday’s results

800m freestyle (boys-I): Jujhar Singh (Mohali) 1st, Vivayak Mahajan (Pathankot) 2nd and Bhavya Kathuria (Sangrur) 3rd

800m freestyle (girls-I): Shubhnoor Kaur (Mohali) 1st, Bhagyavardhika Verma (Ludhiana) 2nd and Gunika (Ludhiana) 3rd

800m freestyle (boys-II): Trinabh Sharma (Mohali) 1st, Aditya Sharma (Ferozepur) 2nd and Divjot Singh (Jalandhar) 3rd

800m freestyle (girls-II): Jasleen Kaur Dhillon (Ludhiana) 1st, Bhagya (Pathankot) 2nd and Tvisha (Ferozepur) 3rd

200m back stroke (boys-I): Jujhar Singh Gill (Mohali) 1st, Hardik Bhatia (Ludhiana) 2nd and Vaibhav Kohli (Ludhiana) 3rd

200m back stroke (girls-I): Aanya Sapra (Mohali) 1st, Bhavnoor Kaur (Mohali) 2nd and Jayanna Sapra (Ludhiana) 3rd

200m back stroke (boys-II): Nikunj Behl (Ferozepur) 1st, Trinabh Sharma (Mohali) 2nd and Agam Singh (Mohali) 3rd

200m back stroke (girls-II): Anmoldeep Kaur (Sangrur) 1st, Mansirat Kaur Aulakh (Patiala) 2nd and Nimrat Kaur (Sangrur) 3rd

100m breast stroke (boys-III): Arnavjeet Singh (Sangrur) 1st, Hiren Mahi (Ludhiana) 2nd and Kian (Ludhiana) 3rd

100m breast stroke (girls-III): Sukhmanjot Kaur (Sangrur) 1st, Pawani Bhatia (Jalandhar) 2nd and Riana Arora (Mohali) 3rd

100m butterfly stroke (boys-I): Lakshay Jindal (Mohali) 1st, Kartikey Bahl (Ludhiana) 2nd and Agamteshwar Singh Mansahia (Patiala) 3rd

100m butterfly stroke (girls-I): Arshpreet Kaur (Mohali) 1st, Gunika (Ludhiana) 2nd and Jayanna Sapra (Ludhiana) 3rd

100m butterfly stroke (boys-II): Aditya Sharms (Ferozepur) 1st, Eash Khurana (Jalandhar) 2nd and Tanish Oswal (Ludhiana) 3rd

100m butterfly stroke (boys-III): Akshit (Fazilka )1st, Dilshanpreet Singh (Ferozepur) 2nd and Barikpreet Singh (Ludhiana) 3rd

100m butterfly stroke (girls-III): Sonakshi Saigal (Pathankot) 1st, Aradhya (Ludhiana) 2nd and Turannya (Sangrur) 3rd

200m individual medley (boys-I): Lakshay Jindal (Mohali) 1st, Arjun Lakhanpal (Mohali) 2nd and Aditya Trehan (Ludhiana) 3rd

200m individual medley (girls-I): Arshpreet Kaur (Mohali) 1st, Vanshika (Pathankot) 2nd and Ekambir Kaur Sandhu (Jalandhar) 3rd

200m individual medley (boys-II): Nikunj Behal (Ferozepur) 1st, Devansh Sharma (Jalandhar) 2nd and Keshav Sharma (Hoshiarpur) 3rd

200m individual medley (girls-II): Apurva Sharma (Mohali) 1st, Gunika Gautam (Ropar) 2nd and Paarijat (Ferozepur) 3rd

200m freestyle (boys-I): Lakshay Jindal (Mohali) 1st, Rajveer Singh (Jalandhar) 2nd and Bhavya Kathuria (Sangrur) 3rd

200m freestyle (girls-I): Shubhnoor Kaur (Mohali) 1st, Vanshika (Pathankot) 2nd and Jasleen Kaur (Mohali) 3rd

200m freestyle (boys-II): Devansh Sharma (Jalandhar) 1st, Aditya Sharma (Ferozepur) 2nd and Trinabh Sharma (Mohali) 3rd.